Every year, in July, Kamensk-Uralsky becomes a center of attraction for bell ringers from all over Russia who come hereto the bell festivalto please the people with their art, to show all the richness of bell ringing. On a large concert platform near the church of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky in the city center these days the best creative groups perform: orchestras, choirs, folklore ensembles, vocalists ...
In the program of the tourist routein the days of the bell festival– sightseeing tour around the city, visiting the local history museum and the bell factory, gala concert of bell ringers. Upon request, you can organize a master class on learning to play the bells, a walk along the Isetsky canyon on river tram, horseback riding, flying on hot-air balloon or jumping from a parachute tower.
The Bell Ringing Festival "Kamensk-Uralsky - Bell Capital" has been held annually since 2005. He annually brings together ten to thirty of Rossi's best bell ringers.and... On thebell towerfestival in different years performed by the Ural State Academic Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ural State Academic Russian Folk Choir, the brass band of the Ural Military District headquarters, the Gorky Park group, Olga Kormukhina, many professional groups, primarily from Yekaterinburg and Kamensk-Uralsky. The festival attracts up to ten thousand spectators - residents of Kamianets and guests of the city.
In 2014, the festival was presented at the II All-Russian Open Event Tourism Fair (Russian Open Event Expo) and received a Special Prize of the competition in the “Culture” nomination.
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Chronicle of the Bell Festival.
“The first bell festival in Kamensk took place on July 15-17, 2005.
But two weeks earlier, on July 4, a new bell rang in the center of the city in the Alexander Nevsky chapel - a real giant weighing 80 pounds (1320 kg), cast at Nikolai Pyatkov's factory. For the sake of such an important event, Archbishop Vikenty of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye came to Kamensk at the consecration ceremony.
The head of Kamensk, Viktor Yakimov, and the archbishop were the first to force the new bell to speak at the top of their voice. And then the gospel was announced to the central square and surroundings. The consecration of the bell was timed to coincide with the celebration of the 120th anniversary of the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God. For the bell ringing festival at the Pyatkov and K plant - the main instigator and initiator of the event - several more bells were made: a portable belfry was placed on July 17 in front of the chapel.
And on July 15, 25 of the best bell ringers of Russia arrived in Kamensk - from Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov, Arkhangelsk, Moscow, Krasnodar, Irkutsk, Tyumen and other cities. "
Russian Orthodox chime
“Only ignorant people think that all bells are“ buzzing ”in the same way. In fact, each bell ringer has his own technique, his own secrets of working on multi-ton musical instruments. In the Russian Orthodox ringing (the presenters explained to the audience), unlike the Catholic ringing, there is no melody, but there is a rhythm and character. And the same bells on the belfry of the chapel, controlled by the hands of different bell ringers, sing each in a special way. Each has its own voice: the big one makes low sounds, the small ones are filled with a trill; sometimes it seems that they are not heavy bells at all, but bells ”.
“The July 2006 holidays were extremely varied. Kamensk saluted for two days, celebrating its 305th anniversary. The final chord in a series of bright events was once again the bell ringing festival. On that festive Sunday, residents of Kamianets got a unique opportunity to listen to live music. A real discovery for true lovers of beauty was the "Song of the Orthodox Bell Ringer" performed by Anna Sumarokova. Novgorod and Arkhangelsk, Suzdal and Vladimir Easter and Christmas, solemn and festive bells changed the works of Mussorgsky, Glinka, Tchaikovsky "
“Over the holiday weekend, dedicated to the Day city and the Day of Metallurgist, Kamensk managed to appear on several federal TV channels. The whole country, however, was shown not a carnival procession and not harsh factory workers-metallurgists. The third bell festival in 2007, which this year brought together more than two dozen participants and received the status of an All-Russian one, is the reason why Moscow announcers learned how to pronounce “Kamensk-Uralsky” correctly.
Gala concert at central square Archbishop Vikenty of Yekaterinburg and Verkhotursky honored the city, which, according to the established tradition, completed the festive events. President of the Association of Bell Art of Russia Alexander Yareshko, who has seen many bell festivals throughout the country, authoritatively stated: there is no such scale as in Kamensk in Russia.
The festival ended symbolically: in the finale of Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture, performed by the orchestra to the ringing of bells, a cannon fired. "
“And what voices sounded that day under the sky of Kamensk-Uralsky! For the first time, the choir "Russian Singers" came to Kamensk with a concert - a unique group that is in demand far beyond the borders of Russia. As the "singers" Stepan Kostrov and Andrei Lebedev admitted after the performance, they are singing for the first time in a concert decorated with bell ringing, and the response from Kamianets is so cordial that it was felt on such a huge concert venue as main square cities. The performance of the State Orchestra poured into the program with a powerful stream folk instruments"Stars of the Urals" from Yekaterinburg. The renowned collective literally blew up the audience with a stunning performance of famous works of the classical repertoire. In short, the last gala concert was so generously "strewn" with musical "gems" that we will remember its splendor for a whole year. Exactly as long as the time will pass before the new - the fifth bell ringing festival ”.
“The first suite for bells sounded at the bell ringers festival in Kamensk-Uralsky.
Popularly belovedbellthe festival "Kamensk-Uralsky - the bell capital" became part of history, but it stirred the soul of everyone who attended the gala concert and heard the polyphony of the bells of the chapel of the holy right-believing Prince Alexander Nevsky. Indescribable delight, pacification, joy and tears of affection - a gamut of feelings and a feeling of rebirth. They were presented to residents of Kamyanets and guests of the city by the participants of the fifth anniversary festival of bell ringers. They came to Kamensk-Uralsky from all over Russia - from Moscow and Rostov Veliky, Arkhangelsk and Yaroslavl, Tyumen and Megion, Novosibirsk and Primorye, Samara and Yekaterinburg. We came to pay tribute to the master of the bells Nikolai Pyatkov with their virtuoso and unique playing. "
The gala concert of the participants of the VIII festival Kamensk-Uralsky - the bell capital became the main festive event on the City Day. On July 14, more than four and a half thousand people heard the divine music performed by the best bell ringers of Russia.
As soon as the "Holy God" ... of the Byzantine chant was sounded (it was performed by Olga Kormukhina and the combined choir of the city's Orthodox churches), the mercilessly scorching sun disappeared behind the clouds, the air was filled with freshness and coolness.
- God bless us, - Vladyka Sergius explained the change in the weather. - Bell ringing is a triumph of the spirit, it is a call to asceticism. After all, our city is now not only the bell capital, but also the center of the church area. "
This year the festival was held in the form of a bell-bell-ringing assembly, which brought together 60 bell-ringers from all over the country, as well as Belarus and Kazakhstan. On Saturday, May 27, the masters of bell ringing together with the president of the Association of Bell Art of Russia, Alexander Yareshko, discussed the problems of preserving bell-ringing traditions at a scientific-practical conference.
As a result, a resolution was adopted in which representatives of different schools expressed their position on the use of mechanical ringing in churches and temples: written off from other sources, etc.
Any, the most perfect mechanism, cannot praise the Lord, it must be done by a spiritualized person, just as the singers in the church cannot replace sound recording and its broadcast in sound recording.
Bell ringing is not the ringing of "heavy metal". Bell ringing is the “voice of God”, a prayer addressed to people, a call to them, ”the resolution says.
Addressing the participants and spectators of the conference, the Dean of the Alekseevsk Deanery, Archpriest Pavel Churashov, recalled how the Festival was born. During a pilgrimage trip to the Saraktash monastery, Father Paul was struck by the sound of their bells.
Then there were no bells in the Resurrection Church under construction, and he turned to Alexei Demidov with a request to build a belfry. Aleksey Ivanovich supported this idea and at the beginning of 2002 the bells were brought from Kamensk-Uralsk. Under the guidance of the most experienced master Vladimir Petrovsky, the belfry was built, which 15 years later turned into one of the centers of the art of bell ringing.
And the festival over the years from a timid concert of Alekseev's bell ringers, whom Vladimir Maryanovich taught in a few months, has turned into a festival of an all-Russian scale, which is eagerly awaited not only by the residents of the region, but also by the republic!
And Alekseevskoye became one of the centers for the development of bell ringing, because after the conference, master classes from representatives of different bell-ringing schools were held on three portable belfries and the bell tower of the church.
And already on Sunday, despite the cool weather, Cathedral Square was filled with several thousand spectators who gathered to listen to the bell play and look at the authors and performers of sacred and folk music, folklore and dance groups. In total, there were about 250 artists who arrived.
Before the start of the holiday, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Vasil Shaikhraziev, Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Republic of Tatarstan Alexei Demidov, Deputy of the State Duma Olga Pavlova, accompanied by the head of the district Vladimir Kozonkov, inspected the shopping arcade of the “City of Masters”, which unfolded nearby.
At the opening of the Festival, Vasil Shaikhraziev, on behalf of the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, congratulated the Alekseevs, participants and guests on the holiday and noted that from the point of view of Orthodoxy and Islam, such festivals are accompanied precisely by spirituality:
When we educate ourselves on the basis of the laws, traditions and culture of our ancestors, on the basis of Orthodoxy, bring up our children and grandchildren, pass on the greatness of Russia from generation to generation, this is our strength and unity. More recently, in 2003, the festival was just in its infancy, and years later it became international.
I would like to wish “Alekseevsky Chimes” longevity, so that from year to year the number of participants and spectators increases. And as a legacy of the festival, so that in our families, our homes, in our Tatarstan, Russia, we always feel peace, respect for the elders and, by example, educate the younger generation.
Bishop Parmen of Chistopol and Nizhnekamsk also greeted the guests:
Today Alekseevskoe, Tatarstan, Russia, with this bell ringing, the call to peace, the call to love, which Christ himself commanded, testifies. As the ancients said, it is high time to forge swords into plowshares and stop fighting.
I will add on my own - to pray, work, build, restore temples and mosques, love, help the old and the poor, create families, give birth to children, give them the opportunity to remember history and never forget it.
After that, the bell-ringing squad appeared on the stage, which was led by the honored guest Alexander Yareshko and the smallest Cossack in the world Ivan Shuvarov, who became famous after participating in the TV project "Best of All". Famous bell ringers Sergey Maltsev (Rostov on Don), Yuri Pavlov (Samara), Vladimir Degtyarev (Yaroslavl), Bogdan Berezkin (Minsk), Pavel Lyalin (Moscow) and Ksenia Plekhanova (Alekseevskoe), under the direction of the President of the Association of Ringing Art, delighted the audience with a simultaneous ringing with all belfries.
This year, the organizers of the gala concert presented the audience with a medley of the final songs that sounded in different years. Moreover, for this, participants of previous festivals were invited.
Traditionally, the anthem of Alekseev's chimes was performed by the permanent participants of the festival Stanislav Barteniev and Anna Sizova, as well as Ekaterina Belova. With a kind word, they remembered the first bell-ringers who stood at the origins of the festival, as well as the organizers of the bell tower.
At the same time, shots and explosions sounded at the stadium, which were arranged by fans of historical reconstruction at the "Cossack Sloboda".
According to the ataman of the village "Alekseevskaya" Yuri Yegorov, this project is being implemented within the framework of the bell ringing festival "Alekseevskie chimes" for the third year in a row. This year, the program of the "Cossack Sloboda" included a historical reconstruction of combat episodes during the civil war of 1918-1922, dedicated to the events near the village of Bolshoy Krasny Yar (now Stepnoshentalinskoe rural settlement).
The reconstruction was attended by representatives of the military-historical clubs "3rd Don Cossack Battery" from Dimitrovgrad, "Regimental Intelligence", "Azov Red Fleet", "147 infantry Samara regiment" from Samara, "Avtobat" and "Fighting unit" from Ulyanovsk, as well as participants in the children's movement "Svyatych" at the "Union of Cossack Warriors of Russia and Abroad".
In the second part, a combat episode of the times of the Great Patriotic War, in which the events of June 1944 near Vitebsk were restored. The performance was attended by representatives of the military-historical clubs "Citadel" and "Vityaz" from Kazan, "Zvezda" from Alekseevsky and the search group "Shot" from the city of Chistopol.
In between "battles", the guests of the festival heard many military and Cossack songs performed by the Zakamsky Cossack Choir from Naberezhnye Chelny. Also, representatives of the Cossack societies "Khutor Borovetsky" and "Stanitsa Cheremshanskaya" held a master class on flanking with a saber among the audience, and the folk group "Siberian Cossack. Kazan ”organized national games.
This is our second visit. Last year we were spectators. And this year the children both performed and rested from the heart, sang and danced. It's nice that Vanya will be recognized, but on the other hand, he is only 5 years old, and such fame fell on him. It is good that he is small yet and does not realize this gravity.
He is already tired of this, because all the time they come up to him, ask him something, ask him to take a picture. And the festival itself is very positive. There are brothers-Cossacks, clergy, a fair of craftsmen. I have not seen a single person with a sour face today.
This suggests that the festival was really a success, people come here, people are interested in it. We arrived yesterday, and for the first time we are in such an atmosphere that we fall asleep and wake up to the ringing of bells, because rehearsals were going on until eleven at night, and in the morning the bells were also rung.
Indescribable sensations of spiritual purity, grace. We are glad that on the Alekseev land we are considered fellow countrymen. All our relatives are from Shuran, it is not far from here, and therefore we are all fellow countrymen here, on the big river Kama. Next year we plan to come with all our relatives, there are twenty of us.
Unfortunately, at the border, the bell ringer from Ukraine, Irina Zvyagolskaya, had difficulties, and she could not come to the festival, which made her very upset. Through the newspaper, Irina sends greetings to all Alekseevites, and wishes the bell-ringer constant improvement:
Good health to all bell-ringer, success in bell-making, always to be on top, to study and develop, not to be lazy, to strive for the best. All the best and a huge hello from Dikanka.
The bell ringing holiday ended with an evening concert, at which the festival participants did not let the audience freeze. Artists warmed them with their perky and funny numbers. The performances of the guslars of the Zhivaya Voda ensemble, Stanislav Bartenev, Anna Sizova and other performers were forced to dance and sing along.
Well, the festive fireworks, which did not leave anyone indifferent, became a gorgeous end of the Festival!
Conducts the festival of sacred music "Bell score of the island of Kizhi". The festival is timed to celebrate the day of St. Jonah of Klimenets, a locally revered saint.
The Kizhi bell ringers are known for their skill far beyond the protected island. Their performances at the belfry of the chapel of the Archangel Michael for tourist groups and on the bell tower of the Kizhi churchyard during church services have become an integral part of the unique atmosphere of the Kizhi island. And in ancient times, during the holidays, in the Zaonezhsky villages, bells could be heard from everywhere - the belfries sounded with fervent polyphony at the same time, pleasing the ear, echoing each other and creating a special musical score of Zaonezhie.
In 2014, the Kizhi Museum-Reserve implemented the project “Revival of the Lost Traditions of the Russian North. Bell score of the Kizhi volost ”. It was the continuation of a number of events aimed at restoring the spiritual tradition of the Zaonezh villages. In 1988, the bells of the chapel of the Archangel Michael sounded on the island of Kizhi. 10 years later, in 1998, the Kizhi Museum-Reserve and the Association of Bell Art of Russia organized the first festival dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the revival of bell ringing on the island. Kizhi. The second festival, dedicated to the 290th anniversary of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, took place on the island of Kizhi in 2004. In 2016, the leading bell ringers of the North-West of Russia gathered for the III Bell Ringing Festival, they visited the belfries on the chapels of the Kizhi Necklace, gave several concerts for tourists and local residents on the belfry of the Kizhi churchyard, the chapels of the Savior Not Made by Hands, Michael the Archangel, Three Hierarchs on the island of Kizhi.
The 2017 festival program includes bell ringing from the leading bell ringers of Petrozavodsk, St. Petersburg, Veliky Novgorod, Vologda, Moscow, Rostov the Great, and, of course, Kizhi bell ringers. The bell towers of Kizhi Island will come to life for three days of the festival. Bells will sound at the chapel of the Savior Not Made by Hands from the village of Vigovo. At the chapel of the Archangel Michael, real bell concerts will take place, which will demonstrate the peculiarities of the bell ringing of different regions of Russia, the individual approach of each master of his craft. And local residents will appreciate the evening bell ringing concert on Naryina Gora.
In addition, historical villages with churches and chapels are located in the vicinity of Kizhi Island. The sound of bells will be heard in these villages as well. Also during the days of the festival it will be possible to get acquainted with a unique exhibition of old postcards "You can see better from your bell tower" from the private collection of Sergei Starostenkov, vice-president of the Association of Bell Art in Russia.
Within the framework of the festival, the Kizhi Museum-Reserve, together with the Association of Bell Art of Russia, is organizing a scientific and practical symposium "Northern Ringing in the Context of the All-Russian Bell Tradition". The following topics are expected to be discussed:
- Bells and ringing in museums and museum-reserves ";
- Bell ringing in a modern soundscape;
- Wooden belfries as one of the types of belfry structures;
- Festivals and concerts of bell music;
- Bells are monuments of history, culture and foundry art.
As a result of the festival, it is planned to develop practical recommendations for reviving the chapel bells of the historic Kizhi volost.
Sightseeing tour with theatrical scenes from peasant life
09.30-10.00 Bell ringing at the bell tower of the Kizhi churchyard
10.00-12.00 Liturgy in the Church of the Intercession of the Virgin
10.30-17.30 Bell ringing at the Chapel of the Savior Not Made by Hands
14.00-19.30 Concert of sacred music and bell ringing at the chapel of Archangel Michael
14.00 - 15.00 Performance of the Kizhi bell ringers
15.00 - 16.00 Gala concert of bell ringing of ringer ringer of Russia
16.00 - 16.30 Performance by the bell ringers of Karelia
16.30 - 17.00 Moscow bell ringers performance
17.00 - 17.30 Performance of the bell ringers of St. Petersburg
17.30 - 18.00 Performance by the bell ringers of Vologda
18.00 - 18.30 Performance of the bell ringers of Veliky Novgorod
18.30 - 19.30 Gala concert of bell ringing of ringer ringer of Russia
10.30 - 14.00 Program at the house of the peasant Yakovlev ( playground, demonstration of crafts, master classes, photo session in folk costume, fair-sale of products of local producers, tasting of "Kizhi tea").
Invites all bell ringers to the bell ringing festival, which will take place as part of the patron saint's celebration -. On Saturday, July 21, after the morning festive service, it is planned to hold the second bell ringing festival.
In the first part of the festival, the following typical bells will sound:
- Blagovest - ringing before the beginning of the service, characterized by measured beats in one of the large bells-evangelists;
- Ringing - a solemn ringing with the use of all, including small bells.
- Funeral bust - ringing with successive strikes of the bells from small to large, followed by a blow "in full".
- Blessed chime - ringing for the consecration of the Great Epiphany Water, seven times in each bell in turn from large to small.
- Lent - in other words, ringing "in two" - ringing on the weekdays of Great Lent and Passion Week: 40 unhurried strikes in two (usually the largest) bells.
- Wedding (acceleration) - a solemn ringing at the end of the wedding. It is characterized by the gradual switching on of more and more heavier bells and, sometimes, an acceleration of the rhythm.
The second part of the festival will contain traditional ringing from all the assembled bell ringers from different parishes of Russia. At the festival, each bell ringer can delight guests with his art of bell ringing and exchange experiences with other bell ringer!
In recent years, work has been carried out to revive the art of bell ringing, which was lost during the Soviet period. New factories for bell casting were opened, casting methods were reconstructed. Active actions are underway to recreate and preserve historical traditional bells, educational activities are underway. Bell ringing schools are opening, bell ringing events are organized.
In the Old Believers, the art of ringing bells developed in a more isolated and complex way. In the tsarist years, the activities of the Old Believers were prohibited, and accordingly, bell ringing was also prohibited. During the Soviet period, churches were closed everywhere and bells were destroyed and melted down. Currently, in connection with the construction of churches and the registration of new communities, there is a need to revive the art of ringing bells, which is an integral part of Orthodox worship. Bell ringing creates a certain sound atmosphere around the temple, informs about the actions taking place in the temple, carries a kind of sermon. One of the ways to popularize the art of bell ringing and improve the general level of technique is to hold cultural events related to bell ringing. Since last year in Siberia in the city of Novokuznetsk takes place. Bell ringing festivals and at the base of the temple in the village. B. Nepryakhino. The Nepryakhinskaya bell tower has a standard selection of 9 bells weighing from 4 before 620 kg.
All bell-ringers of Old Believer churches from all over Russia and not only are invited to participate in the festival. Preferably, no later than July 20, inform the organizers about your intention to take part in the festival. Contact phone for organizing the bell ringing festival: 8 910 895 68 60 — Sergei... The cause of reviving the art of bell ringing is our common cause - the cause of the development of the Old Believers!
From June 17 to June 19, 2017, the Kizhi Museum-Reserve is holding the festival of sacred music "Bell Score of Kizhi Island". The festival is timed to celebrate the day of St. Jonah of Klimenets, a locally revered saint.
The Kizhi bell ringers are known for their skill far beyond the protected island. Their performances at the belfry of the Archangel Michael chapel for tourist groups and at the bell tower of the Kizhi churchyard during church services have become an integral part of the unique atmosphere of Kizhi Island. And in ancient times, during the holidays, in the Zaonezhsky villages, bells could be heard from everywhere - the belfries sounded with fervent polyphony at the same time, pleasing the ear, echoing each other and creating a special musical score of Zaonezhie. In 2014, the Kizhi Museum-Reserve implemented the project “Revival of the Lost Traditions of the Russian North. Bell score of the Kizhi volost ”. It was the continuation of a number of events aimed at restoring the spiritual tradition of the Zaonezh villages. In 1988, the bells of the chapel of the Archangel Michael sounded on the island of Kizhi. 10 years later, in 1998, the Kizhi Museum-Reserve and the Association of Bell Art of Russia organized the first festival dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the revival of bell ringing on the island. Kizhi. The second festival, dedicated to the 290th anniversary of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, took place on the island of Kizhi in 2004. In 2016, the leading bell ringers of the North-West of Russia gathered for the III Bell Ringing Festival, they visited the belfries on the chapels of the Kizhi necklace, gave several concerts for tourists and local residents at the belfry of the Kizhi churchyard, the chapels of the Savior Not Made by Hands, Michael the Archangel, Three Hierarchs on the island of Kizhi.
The 2017 festival program includes bell ringing from the leading bell ringers of Petrozavodsk, St. Petersburg, Veliky Novgorod, Vologda, Moscow, Rostov the Great, and, of course, Kizhi bell ringers. The bell towers of the Kizhi island will come to life for 3 days of the festival. Bells will sound at the chapel of the Savior Not Made by Hands from the village of Vigovo. At the chapel of the Archangel Michael, real bell concerts will take place, which will demonstrate the peculiarities of the bell ringing of different regions of Russia, the individual approach of each master of his craft. And local residents will appreciate the evening bell ringing concert on Naryina Gora.
In addition, historical villages with churches and chapels are located in the vicinity of Kizhi Island. The sound of bells will be heard in these villages as well. Also during the days of the festival it will be possible to get acquainted with a unique exhibition of old postcards "You can see better from your bell tower" from the private collection of Sergei Starostenkov, vice-president of the Association of Bell Art in Russia. Within the framework of the festival, the Kizhi Museum-Reserve, together with the Association of Bell Art of Russia, is organizing a scientific and practical symposium "Northern Ringing in the Context of the All-Russian Bell Tradition". The following topics are expected to be discussed:
- Bells and Ringing in Museums and Museum-Reserves ";
- Bell ringing in the modern soundscape;
- Wooden belfries as one of the types of belfry structures;
- Bell music festivals and concerts;
- Bells are monuments of history, culture and foundry art.
The symposium will be attended not only by bell ringers and campanologists, but also by the directors of the largest bell casting production facilities: ITALMAS (Tutaev, Yaroslavl region), LITEX (Moscow). Based on the results of the Festival, it is planned to develop practical recommendations for the revival of the chapel bells of the historical Kizhi volost.
List of bell ringers, participants of the bell ringing festival on June 17-19, 2017:
Petrozavodsk:
- Nadezhda Bykadorova, bell ringer of the Temple of Panteleimon the Healer
- Kirill Gureev, postgraduate student of the Petrozavodsk State Conservatory named after Glazunova, ringer
- Igor Arkhipov, leader of the ensemble "Toive" of PetrSU, bell ringer of the Petrozavodsk and Karelian dioceses
- Viola Gushchina Leading Researcher of the Kizhi Museum-Reserve
O. Kizhi:
- Alexey Nesterov Alexey, bell ringer of the Spaso-Kizhi churchyard
- Arseny Bykadorov, bell ringer of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and the Kizhi Museum-Reserve
- Igor Khutter, ringer of the Kizhi Museum-Reserve, ringer of the Petrozavodsk and Karelian Diocese
St. Petersburg:
- Andrey Ivanov, bell-ringer of the Temple of the Presentation of the Lord
- Sergey Starostenkov, Vice President of the Association of Bell Arts of Russia, member of the festival organizing committee
- Vladimir Kaichuk, bell ringer of the Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God
Veliky Novgorod:
- Vyacheslav Volkhonsky, researcher at the Novgorod State United Museum-Reserve, bell ringer of the Sofia Cathedral
- Andrey Vasiliev, bell-ringer of the Sofia belfry of the Novgorod Kremlin, bell-ringer of the Vitoslavlitsy museum of wooden architecture
Tutaev, Yaroslavl region:
- Nikolay Shuvalov, director of the bell-foundry "ITALMAS"
Vologda:
- Grigory Pavlov, bell ringer of the bell tower of St. Sophia Cathedral
- Oleg Timofeev, bell ringer of the bell tower of St. Sophia Cathedral
Moscow city:
- Olesya Rostovskaya, member of the Union of Composers, organist, carillon player
- Hieromonk Father Roman, senior bell ringer of St. Daniel's Monastery
- Oleg Gritsaenko, general manager bell-foundry
- Evgeny Klimkin, candidate of art history
Rostov-Veliky:
- Natalya Karovskaya, Director of the Rostov Kremlin State Museum-Reserve
- Vasily Sadovnikov, head of the bell art sector of the Rostov Kremlin museum
Minsk:
- Elena Shatko, associate professor of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University, candidate of art history.
Bell score of the Kizhi volost:
